The power of walking

This is an interesting side effect of our trip.  We walk everywhere.  There are some electric golf carts here, but we don't use them unless we have to move something heavy for a long distance.  So it's always walk, walk, walk, much of the time on sand.  And to get to our apartment on the second floor, it's 20 steps up and 20 steps down, which we do many times a day.  As a result, we've both lost weight - over 10 pounds each.  And it's not from lack of eating - we're both eating constantly.  Now if we can keep it up when we get home!

This may be our last post - we're leaving tomorrow, the 7th, to return home.  Back to the real world!

Our feathered friend

Most days, while we're sitting on our porch, this dove comes to visit.  To eat, actually.  In the beginning we fed it Cherios, but later tried peanuts.  Now it's a snob, will only eat peanuts!

Special flag

The flag we raised today has special significance.  It was flown over the U.S. Capitol on October 18, 2010, in honor of the 75th anniversary of Dry Tortugas National Park.

A condo with a view

We've showed pictures before of our apartment and the view, but here are a couple of videos. The first is from outside the fort.  Going right to left it starts at the dock, shows the fort and entrance, and pauses at the "front porch" of our apartment.  There is some white paint on each side of our porch.  Monia is waving, but it's a little hard to see her.  The second video is from our front porch looking at the harbor.